ERIC Number: ED588815
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Publication Date: 2017-Nov-29
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ISBN: 978-953-51-3651-4
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Learning Disabilities: An International Perspective
Ryan, Carolyn S., Ed.
IntechOpen
Learning disabilities are conditions that are associated with difficulties in knowledge and skill acquisition to the level expected of same-age peers. The current book is an international examination of assessment methods, preventative measures, intervention, and research with those individuals with learning disabilities obtained from authors in the United States of America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Classification and Detection of Specific Language Impairments in Children Based on their Speech Skills (Pavel Grill and Jana Tucková); (2) Learning Disability in RASopathies (Ilaria Maccora, Matteo Della Monica, Giovanna Traficante, Gianpaolo De Filippo, and Stefano Stagi); (3) Developmental Dyslexia in Spain (Manuel Soriano-Ferrer and Manuel R. Morte-Soriano); (4) Current Perspectives on Prevention of Reading and Writing Learning Disabilities (Maria-José González-Valenzuela); (5) Multiple Intelligences and Videogames: Intervention Proposal for Learning Disabilities (Patricia García-Redondo, Trinidad García, Debora Areces, Pablo Garmen, and Celestino Rodríguez); (6) Specific Learning Disabilities: Response to Intervention (Kimberly A. Heinemann, Heather Bolanos, and Jennifer S. Griffin); (7) Developing Automaticity in Children with Learning Disabilities: A Functional Perspective Part One: Theory and Assessment (Charles Potter); (8) Developing Automaticity in Children with Learning Disabilities: A Functional Perspective Part Two: Programme Methods and Materials (Charles Potter); and (9) Exploring Community Attitudes to People with Learning Disabilities: Using a Micro-Neighbourhood Design (Margaret Denny, Suzanne Denieffe, and Majda Pajnkihar).
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Classification, Identification, Language Impairments, Children, Speech Skills, Dyslexia, Prevention, Reading Difficulties, Writing Difficulties, Multiple Intelligences, Video Games, Intervention, Response to Intervention, Cognitive Processes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Europe; Asia; Africa; Spain
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